Tobacco-package.



A. SCHNEIDER.

TOBACCO PACKAGE APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1915.

atented Jun 6, 1916.

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ANTHONY SCHNEIDER, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TOAMERICAN'CIG-AR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

TOBACCO-PACKAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, ANTHONY SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Packages,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tobacco packages, and the invention isparticularly applicable in forming packages of cigars.

A principal object of the invention is to produce a very simple andinexpensive package in the form of a pocket pouch which will neatly holda number of cigars ready to be used and which will hold them so as tobest offer protection for the ends of the cigars and at the same timepermit ready withdrawal thereof without breaking up or destroying thepouch form of the packa 'e.

A fiirther object of the invention is to roduce apackage of this kindwhich can be readily sealed, as with a revenue stamp, and which can bereadily opened and closed like a pouch.

Further objects of the invention Wlll appear more clearly hereinafter.

The invention consists in the general combination of parts and detailshereinafter described, all of which contribute to produce an eflicienttobacco package.

The preferred embodlment of my nvention will be particularly describedin the following specification, while the broad scope of my inventionwill be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete package. Fig.2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is aperspective showing the inner part of the package before it. receivesits outer binder or protecting sheet, and Fig. 5 18 a perspectiveshowing the package or pouch which remains after the same has beenopened and the cigars removed.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the main flexiblewrapper of the package, which is preferably composed of an outer sheet2, of light tinfoil, and an inner sheet 3 of waxed paper, or similarmaterial the two sheets constituting a composite wrapper. These sheetsare preferably superposed but unattached to each other.

In forming the package a plurality of cigars Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,158.

' 4 are laid side by side in arow, and the sheet 1 is then wrappedaround them continu-- ously with its edges 5 and 6 overlapped. In thisway the wrapper forms an envelop for the cigars and the edges 5,and 6 ofthe wrapper extend substantially parallel with the axes of the cigar.This wrapper sheet is preferably of greater width than the length of thecigars so that when wrapped about the cigars, as suggested, the ends ofthe sheet project beyond the ends of the cigars. These projecting ends 6are then pressed in to close them andare then folded in or over upon theside of the package. They may, if desired, be folded against the sameside of the package as shown in Fig. 4. After forming such {a package asthat indicated in Fig. 4 I complete the package by attaching a binder orprotecting sheet 7, which is preferably of relatively stiff, strongpaper, and this sheet is Wrapped around the package in a direction atright angles to that in which the sheet 1 is wrapped. This sheet ispreferably of substantially the same width-as the width of the package.The binder sheet 7 is smeared with paste and passed completel around thecigars lengthwise; the paste 1s preferably not applied to the outer end13 of. the binder so that this end forms a loose flap between theoverlappcd edges 9 and 10.

The free end or flap 13 of the strip 7, at one edge may bos'ealedbymeans of a revenue stamp 12, which may be applied near one end of thepackage over the unsealed overlapping edges 9 and 10, (see Fig. 1).

It will be noted that the edges 9 and 10 extend substantially at rightangles to the edges 5 and 6, that is, they are, substantially at rightangles to the longitudinal axes of the cigars. By seizing the loosecorner 11 of the flap 13 evidently the package can be very readilyopened by pulling the flap out so as to tear the seal or stamp 12. Therelatively stiff binder 7 operates as a protector at the ends of thepackage to protect the ends of the cigars and prevent them from becomingbroken, and this is augmented the latter can be drawn over the end ofthe package to close the package and throwm back when the package i tobe opened, it will thus be seen. that the package is in reality a pouchwhich. be opened and closed at will. The binder sheet '7 is preferablyprinted upon and constitutes the label of the package, w

I do not limit myself to the use of all of the features or combinationsof parts together, but I may employ a wrapper embodying one or more ofthe features of the invention. It is also understood. that theembodiment of the invention set forth here in is only one of the manyembodiments or forms the invention may take, and I do not wish to belimited in the practice of the in vention nor in my claims to theparticular embodiment set forth;

What I claim is 1. A. cigar package and pocket pouch, comprising aplurality of cigars inclosed within a wrapper of flexible material, saidwrapper being of greater length than the cigars and having its endsinfolded toward each other about the ends of the cigars and overlying aface of the package whereby the ends of the cigars are protected by thecushion formed by the folded ends of the wrapper, a label strip ofgreater length than and of substantially the same width as the package,pasted to opposite faces thereof and folded longitudinally thereaboutand having its ends overlapping one another, and a breakable seal forholding the ends of the label strip in overlapping relation until theseal is broken, the construction and arrangement of parts being suchthat after said seal is broken one end of the label may be liftedwhereby the wrapper at said end may be unfolded to permit withdrawal ofthe cigars and again refolded without otherwise breaking the package 2.A tobacco package, comprising a plu rality of cigars incloeed Within awrapper of flexible material said wrapper being of eater length than thecigars and having its ends infolded toward each other and overlying aface of the package, and a label of greater length than the packagepasted to and folded longitudinally thereabout, and having its endsoverlapping one an i ieeeie other at one end of the package, theconstruction and arrangement of parts being such that one end of thelabel may be lifted whereby the wrapper at said end may be unfolded topermit the. withdrawal of the cigars without otherwise breaking thepackage, and a revenue stamp secured at one point to one face of thepackage and secured at another point to a portionof the label-at one endto hold the package sealed, the other portion of the label at said endbeing free and serving as a grasping portion whereby the said stamp maybe torn to open whereby the ends of the cigars are protected by thecushion formed by the folded ends of the wrapper, a binder sheet ofrelatively stiff material and of substantially the Width of the packageextending longitudinally of the cigars in the form of an encircling bandhaving tportions thereof pasted to opposite faceso the package one endof the said binder sheet being unattached to the package but foldedabout an end thereof and temporarily secured, said unattached end beingfree to be turned back to permit unfolding of the composite wrapper atone end of the package, and thus permit withdrawal of the cigars withoutotherwise breaking the. package In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ANTHQNY SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

DAN HALL, JUNIUS PARKER.

